Coin-controlled vending-machine.



E. M. STORY.

COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

. APPLICATION FILED IAN-13. 1915- 1,160,548.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, u. c.

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ELLIOTT STORY, OF BROGKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

corn-connotes]; VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1c, 1915.

Application filed January 13, 1915. Serial No. 2,046.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLIOTT M. STORY, a

citizen of the United States, and'reside'nt of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented I certain new and useful ImprovementsinCoin Controlled Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to coin-controlled machines for vending articles of merchan- The invention consists in the improve ments which I will'now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional VlGW of avendlng machine embodyingmy invention, parts not necessary to illustrate the invention being broken away; F igs. 2, 3 and 4 represent views similar to portions of Fig. 1, showlng different positionsbf the controlling gates hereinafter described Fig. 5. represents'a section on line 55 of Fig.1, and a plan View of parts below said line; F ig; 6 repre sents a section on line 66 of Fig. 5; F 7 represents a perspect ve view of thesprmg pressed dog; Fig. 8 represents a side elevation of the complete machine on a reduced scale. y The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the views. s

In the; drawings 12 represents a hollow base fori'ning a coin chamber which is COV-' ered by a top plate 13 forming the bottom of a chamber i l, which is located between the base '12 and the reservoir 15, in which the articles of merchandiseQO are-stored.

The reservoir is preferably a glass bowl detachably secured by suitable means, not.

shown, in an inverted position-on a bottom piece 16 which formsthe top wall of the chamber let and has a flange 17 forming the margin of said chamber and suitably secured to the base. The bottom'piece or reservoir bottom 16 is provided with. a relatively large central opening 18 forming the reservoir outlet.

19 represents a merchandise guide located in the chamber 14 and preferably composed of ablock having a passage 10 extending through it from top to bottom, the upper end of said passage being preferably flaring and the lowerend contracted and adapted to permit the a time.

passage of only one article 20 at,

Qlrepresents slide which is'normally held by springs 26 in a position retracted from the central portion of the chamber 14, as shown by Fig. 1, one end of said slide projecting from the exterior of the machine and constituting a push-piece whereby the slide may be projected into the chamber 14, as indicatedby Figs. 2, 3 and 4:.

WVith the slide 21 are connected two alter;

nately operating gates 2'7 and 28, which are preferably parts of a sheet metal plate at tached atone end by rivets 29 to the slide. The central portion of said plate has an enlargement 27, preferably oft-he same area as the guide 19, as'indicated by F ig. 5, said portion being provided'with van orifice 30 which normally coincides with thereservoir outlet 18, as shown by -Fig. 1., Theoperative portion of the upper gate 27 is that extending betweenthe orifice'30 and the" body ofthe slide 21. The portion of the enlarge- 1 ment 27 at the opposite side of the opening 30 and the neck 31 constitute, a convenient means for mechanicallyconnecting the gates a 27 and 9.8,and causing said gates to move in unison. The plate enlargement 27 isprovided with ears 32 (Fig; 5), with which the gateretracting springs 26 are connected.

When the slide 21 is retracted and held in its normal position by the springs 26 the upper gate 27 is fully open and uncovers the passagethrough the guide 19, the. lower gate 28 at the same time covering and clos- 'ing the lower end of said passage. The flaring upper end of the passage 10 is formed to permit'spherical articles 20 to roll easily into the passageway,but prevents more than one article from wholly entering, thearrangementbeing suchthat when theslide 21 is projected the gate 27 will force. its way through the mass of articles 9.0;and work under all the articles excepting the one V wholly contained in the-guide. When theslide is fully projected, as shownby Fig. 4,

the upper gate 27' is closedto-prevent the entrance of articles into the guide, and the lower gate 28"is open to'permit the escape?" "of a single article from the guide through a merchandise outlet 33 formed in the top plate 13. The guide 19, the slide 21, and

the gates 27 and 23 constitute an ejector in which my invention is embodied.

. The coin-controlled means forpreventing the projection of the ejector slide to the position shown by Fig. 4 includes a shoulde-r 34 formed on the upper edge of the slide 21; said shoulder being between the ends of an coin-receiving pocket formed in said,

slide, and a spring-pressed dog 36 attached to the reservoir bottom 16 and normally bearing yieldingly on the upper edge of the slide 21 ata distance from theshoulder 34 when the slide is retracted, as shown by Fig. 7 1. .Whenthere is no coin in the pocket 35 the dog 36 engages the shoulder 34after' a partial pro ection of the slide 21, as indi cated by Fig. 2, the dog arresting the projecting movement of the slide before the lower, gate 28 is open.

The machine, is provided with a fined coin chute 3.8 whichregisters with the coin pocket 35iwhen theslide is fully retracted, as shown by Fig.1. The relative proportions of the slide, coin pocket, and chute are such that a coin 37 adapted to enter the chute andpocket isdeposited edgewiseon a'support or coin rest 39 forming, a part of the top plate 13,

, one edge of the coin projecting above the slide 2l and being adapted to act asa; cam

on the dog 36 when the slide. 21 is projected;

During the initial projection of the slide from the position shownby Flg', 1 to that shown by Fig. 3 the dog 36'is continuously to the position to close the upper gate 27 and;

raised and held raised until the shoulder 34 passesby the-engaging end of the dog. The slide is therefore free to'befully projected open the. lower gate '28, the coin falling rrom the pocket 37, through a coin outlet 40 in the top plate 1.1 The released article 20 falls through the outlet 33 in thetop plate 13 and is conductedby a chute41. toatray42 (Fig.

' jecting upwardly fromthe plate 13 and entering sockets 44v formed in the guide, as; shown by Fig.6. The guide is loosely engaged with said pins and may be raisedor upwardly displacedtherefrom with the gates 27 and 28, this construction permitting the 3 ready separation of the guide, the gates and f the slidefrom the. machine when the reservoir bottom'i's removed and preventing horizontal displacement of the guide. The top plate 13 is provided with upwardly projectingears 45 against which one edge of the guide 19 bears said ears being at opposite sides of the slide and guiding the latter in its movements.

The upper gate 27 is provided with means for agitating the articles 20 in the lower port1on of the reservoir, said means ashere show-n comprising two upwardly projecting pins 46 attached to the upper gate and pro:

jecting through the reservoir outlet 18.

Saidpins move across the reservoir outlet and among the adjacent articles 20 and prevent said articles from becoming cloggedor wedged. 7 y Y It is obvious thatthe machine may be used for delivering simultaneously a plurality of separate articles, such as shelled peanut kernels, the guide 19, which may be called an open bottomed cup, being formed to con- 1 tain a charge ofkernels.

Having; described my invention, 1 claim: .1. A vending machme comprislng a reservolr having a merchandlse outlet, a base sup porting the reservoirand having a top plate,

and an ejector including a merchandise guide located below and coincidingwith said outlet spring-controlled upper and lower gates, one interposed between the guide and and top pl,ate, the said guideresting loosely on the lower gate, and'a manually movable slide attached to and carrying said gates, the said topplate being provided with guidehorizontal displacement. V

2. A vending machine comprising a reservoir having a merchandise outlet, a base reservoir and the other betweenZthe guide supporting the reservoir, andhaving a top steady pins, and an ejector includinga merchandise guide locatedbelow and coinciding guide 'ilIldIC-ESGIVOH and the other between the guide and base, and a manually movable slide attached to and carrying said gates, the

guiderbeing detachably confined on the base bysaid stead pins and removable with the gates and s11 I e.

in testimony whereof I have aflixed' signature, lIlPl't-JSEIICB of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

' C, F; BRoWN,

P. PEZZETTI,

ELLIOTT M. STORY. "c

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